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For those wondering why an agreement hasn’t been reached to avoid the fiscal cliff, National Journal has the answer -- Democrats are intentionally slow-walking negotiations:

“Democrats did not do much on Wednesday, adopting a deliberate strategy to slow-walk Republicans to the edge of the fiscal cliff…” (National Journal, 12/6/12)

While Democrats have used their “slow-walk” strategy to toy with middle class families, small businesses, and our national security, Republicans proactively made several responsible attempts to reach a balanced agreement that averts the fiscal cliff.

This is the kind of framework that could win bipartisan support, protect middle class families and small businesses, and pave the way for long-term economic growth. It’s also broadly supported by 65 percent of the American people whom prefer it to raising tax rates.

That was Monday. It’s now Thursday. The White House still hasn’t said whether it will respond to the Republican proposal. The president even claimed “the math” doesn’t add up on the GOP plan, even though he called for the same tax reforms just one year ago.

Turns out: all of the bluster is just the Democrats’ “slow walk” strategy at play. And the pattern has been going on for months.